Letter-box register.



No. 635,426. Patented Oct. 24, I899. J. N. GLOUSE.

LETTER BOX REGISTER.

(Application filed. Mar. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JOSEPH N. OLOUSE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, OF SEVEN- EIGHTHS TO HARRY R. WADE AND DANIEL W'. BOWMAN,OF TOLEDO, AND JOSEPH IV. BOWMAN AND HOW- ARD E. BOWMAN, OF TIPPEOANOECITY, OHIO.

LETTER-BOX REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,426, dated October24, 1899.

Application filed March 2 7 I 8 99.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH N. CLoUsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Letter-Box Registers; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itapper- 10 tains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to registers especially adapted to be used onstreet letterboxes; and it consists in the novel construction andarrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view ofthe lower portion of a street letter-box, showing the register insection. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the lower portion ofthe box, showing a top view of the register in position. Fig. 3. is atransverse sectional view of the register.

The casting 1 is riveted or otherwise secured to the bottom of theletter-box and on the inside of the same. The middle portion of the saidcasting is arched, and on the under side of the arch a suitabledie-holder is formed. As shown in Fig. 3, the die-holder consists of theinwardly-inclined edges 2 2,

which are adapted to engage the beveled edges of the die- 3, thusholding the said die in position after the same is slippedlongitudinally in the holder.

The die 3 may be either male or female.

The lever 4 is fulcrumed to the casting 1 at the point 5, the shorterend of the lever extending under the arch of the casting 1, and the saidshort end of the lever having inclined edges similar to the edges 2 2,and thus forming a holder for the die 6, said die 6 having beveled edgesand being adapted to be slipped longitudinally in the holder on theshort end of the lever 1. The longer end of the lever 4 is curved at itsextreme to one side,

as shown in Fig. 2. On the flange 7 of the door 8 the adjustable cam 9is located, the periphery of the said cam being in a spiral shape, andthus as the said cam is revolved Serial ITO-710,679. (No model.)

and secured in place by means of the set-screw 10 the distance from thecenter of the said screw to the periphery of the cam downward toward theend of the lever 4 is increased or diminished, according to thedirectionv in which the cam is turned. WVhen the door 8 is closed, thecam 9 is brought in contact with the end of the lever 4, and thus theregister is operated, as will be hereinafter described. By adjusting thecam 9 the parts may be made to Worksmoothly and in proper relation toeach other.

' The device is operated as follows: When the carrier opens the door 8to take the mail from the box and after he has removed the mail, heslips a card 11 between the dies 3 and 6. He then shuts the door 8, andby so doing forces the longer end of the lever4 down and the shorter endcarrying the die up. This impresses a figure or other character on thecard 11. When he comes again to collect the mail, he removes the card 11with the mail and puts in another one in its place. The removed card isturned in at the post-office, together with the mail, thus showing thathe has visited the box. 7

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A register such as described consisting of a die-holder attached tothe interior of the box, a lever fulcrum ed to said die-holder and alsoadapted to receive a die, a lug attached to the flange of the hingeddoor said lug adapted to engage the end of the lever when the door isclosed and operate to register.

2. A register such as described consisting of a die-holder attached tothe interior of the box, a lever fulcru med to said die-holder and alsoadapted to receive a die, a cam having a varying periphery, said cambeing adj ustably attached to the flange of the hinged door and beingadapted to engage the end of the lever when the door is closed andoperate the register.

3. A register such as described consisting of a die-holder attached tothe interior of the box, a lever fulcrumed to said die-holder and alsoadapted to receive a die, the outer end of said lever being extended toone side, a lug attached to the flange of the hinged door and beingadapted to engage the extended end of 5 the lever when the door isclosed and operate to register.

4. A register such as described consisting of a die-holder attached totheinterior of the box, a lever suitably fulcruined and having a [Odie-holder, the said die-holders being oppo- I

